[ec2-beta] motd: "apt-get update" before "tasksel --section server"

[Mark Shuttleworth]

John Ferlito wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 03:59:17PM -0700, Eric Hammond wrote:
>   
>> Chuck Short wrote:
>>     
>>> Since its based on the ec2 mirrors there is no noticable difference
>>> to the bootup speed when running an apt-get update when the
>>> ec2-set-apt-sources list script is ran.
>>>       
>> I just ran three tests using the official Ubuntu Intrepid beta2, and
>> "apt-get update" took 23-25 seconds to run against the EC2 Ubuntu
>> mirror.  Is that not directly added to the initialization time of a new
>> instance?
>>
>>     
>
> One option could be to add an @reboot cron entry to perform the update
> rather than add it into the init script path. Achieves the same result
> but means you can ssh in more quickly.
>
> Of course it means that potentially things are still upgrading in the
> background once you login.
>   
One way or the other, boot should not block on update.

Mark

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